cannonball
(slang, figuratively) Something that moves fast, especially a fast train.
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A Goth Mime plays HUMAN CANNONBALL for the Atari 2600! This will be the last video to feature Mabel’s 1.0 model, any future video from now on will feature her 2.0 model! #lowpoly #vtubers #mime #youtube #atari #huma…
Wild Provisions: 3:30pm Corner Pizza Truck West Metro: Cannonball Creek: 3PM Tula's Tapas Coda Brewing: 4pm El Wero CO Taphouse: 4:00 PM Abbiocco - Italian Street Food Luki: Balkan European Odyssey Beerwerks: 4pm Tac…
Breeders - Cannonball #radyoeksen
Cannonball Adderley — Somethin’ Else (1958) https://musicbrainz.org/release/1a3e4c2a-b08e-40d5-8a30-c184617fb2e5
Now playing on Poetry, Science and Wrestling: "The Breaks" by The Cannonball Adderly Qunitet
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(slang, figuratively) Something that moves fast, especially a fast train.
Meetings of the model train club always begin with the song "Wabash Cannonball".
“A Goth Mime plays HUMAN CANNONBALL for the Atari 2600! This will be the last video to feature Mabel’s 1.0 model, any future video from now on will feature her 2.0 model! #lowpoly #vtubers #mime #youtube #atari #humancannonball youtu.be/5e8RU_8X4eY?...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Wild Provisions: 3:30pm Corner Pizza Truck West Metro: Cannonball Creek: 3PM Tula's Tapas Coda Brewing: 4pm El Wero CO Taphouse: 4:00 PM Abbiocco - Italian Street Food Luki: Balkan European Odyssey Beerwerks: 4pm Tacos Pegueros Mexican Kitchen”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Breeders - Cannonball #radyoeksen”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Cannonball Adderley — Somethin’ Else (1958) https://musicbrainz.org/release/1a3e4c2a-b08e-40d5-8a30-c184617fb2e5”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Now playing on Poetry, Science and Wrestling: "The Breaks" by The Cannonball Adderly Qunitet”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(tennis) A served ball that travels with great speed and describes little or no arc in flight.
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(diving) The act of jumping (typically into a swimming pool) with the legs bent and the arms wrapped around the knees to create a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball.
The cannonball could be called the S.U.V. of the pool — oversized, brash, hormonally hardwired.
“Now playing: "Cannonball" by The Breeders. DL our free app & listen at https://Jeffro.Radio”
— Bluesky· May 2026“HOW TO DODGE A CANNONBALL Denard Dayle Satire set during the Civil War. A bold book, that’s at times shockingly funny.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Touhou Cannonball, Rayman Redemption, and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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